Primary hydatid cyst of the brain during pregnancy: Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 415-417

  Yilmaz, Nebi ^a   Kiymaz, Nejmi ^a   Etlik, Omer ^a   Yazici, Taner ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brain; Echinococcus; Hydatid cyst; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BRAIN CYST; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDATID CYST; LABORATORY TEST; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BRAIN; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 33748072781     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.46.415     Document Type: Article

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